About 1 in every 68 children in the U.S. are born with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That amounts to about 1 in 42 boys and a staggering 1 in 189 girls — a gender ratio of about five boys for every girl diagnosed with the disorder.
Newsy's Devan Kaney asked psychologist Dr. Ruth Aspy how gender bias might play a role.